지방자치단체 민주시민교육의 의의 및 법정책적 제언

Today, democratic civic education in Korea is being developed mainly at the Korean Civic Education Institute for Democracy(KOCEI) and the metropolitan and provincial offices of education. However, in order for democratic civic education in Korea to become more active in the future, it is necessary to consider the role theory of local governments in democratic civic education. Although each local government is currently conducting democratic civic education in the local community with its own plans, the democratic civic education by local governments is not receiving much attention. Therefore, it is necessary to review the significance of democratic citizenship education and future policy directions. The discussion on the subjectivity of democratic civic education needs to be approached from the viewpoint of parallelism and complementation, not from the viewpoint of exclusion and monopoly. The democratic civic education by local governments can be an alternative to overcoming the limitations of the educational subject and educational content of the existing democratic civic education, and it is also in line with the current regulations and principles of positive laws. In addition, local governments, which are the performers of comprehensive administration with budget, manpower, and organizations, can promote democratic civic education policies more easily than other subjects. For democratic civic education by local governments, political neutrality, expertise, diversity, and openness should be the core values of the policy. The main policies for revitalizing democratic civic education by local governments include urging to legislate the democratic civic education support laws and legislating related municipal ordinances and regulations. It is also important to set the division of affairs related to democratic civic education between basic and metropolitan local governments, and to organize and operate educational contents that are differentiated from other local governments. The establishment of an infrastructure related to democratic civic education, such as the establishment of a separate dedicated corporation, along with a certification system for professional institutions and a system for nurturing professionals, is also a major policy for revitalizing democratic civic education by local governments. In addition, it should function as an important axis of domestic democratic civic education by establishing and implementing specific policies centering on education plans tailored to consumers through the implementation of resident perception surveys.